Sash for hotbeds and other purposes.



W. sj BODLEY.

SASH FOR HOTBBDS AND OTHER PURPOSES.

APPLICATION rILBD IBB. 15. 190e.

909,361', Patented Jan. 12, 1909.

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UNITE STES WILLIAM STEWART BODLEY, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR TO vSULIGHT DOUBLE GLASS SASH CO., INCORPORATED, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

SASH FOR IIOTBEIDS .AND OTHER PURPOSES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 12, 1909.

Application filed February 15, 1908. Serial No. 416,119.

To all whom 'it may concern:

The inner faces of the side and intermediate Be it known that I, WILLIAM STEWART l bars are formed with grooves 6 to receive the BODLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Louisville, in the county of Jefferson and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sashes for Hotbeds and other Purposes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to sashes, and glass holding means therefor, for hot beds and other purposes. And it relates more particularly to means for removably securing separate panes of glass in sash frames.

The invention is hereinafter described and illustrated as applied to hot bed sashes, although not confined to such use.

The object of the invention is to provide glass holding devices which are capable of use with sash frames of a simple grooved form, which may be quickly applied to secure the panes in position in the sash frame, which will maintain the panes in their proper positions relative to the frame and to each other during such rough handling as the goods are often subject to in wagons and railway trains and in transportation generally, and which will allow the ready removal and replacement of damaged panes of glass.

In order to make the invention more readily understood I have shown in the accompanying drawings means for carrying it into practical eect, without limiting my improvements, in their useful applications, to the particular constructions which, for the sake of example, I have illustrated.

In said drawings-Figure 1 is a face (front or top) view of a sash embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional view on a larger scale on line II of Fig. 3, showing only a portion of the sash but on a larger scale. Fig. 3 is a sectional view, on asimilar larger scale, on line III of Fig. 2, of aportion of the sash. Figs. 4. and 5 are views of two forms of stop for the glass panes, to be applied to or in the frame so as to engage the end edges of the panes. Figs. 6 and 7 are perspective views of two forms of the spring to be applied to or in the frame so as to engage the faces of the panes. Fig. 8 is a sectional view of a portion of a sash having a single layer of glass panes, secured according to my invention.

Referring to the drawings, 1 indicates the sash frame which does or may comprise side bars 2, and bars 3 and 4 and intermediate bars 5 parallel with the side bars.

side edges of the panes of glass, the grooves being of a width somewhat greater than twice the thickness of a pane.

In Figs. 2 and 3 the grooves 6 are shown as formed in pairs, a suitable distance apart to form a double glazed sash having two layers of glass with an air space between them, suitable for hot beds.

The panes of glass are shown at 7 and are independent of each other and of the sash in the sense that they are not permanently united with each other or with the sash, but may be individually inserted into place in the frame or removed therefrom. They are slidably held in the grooves 6, the latter being provided with stops 8 separate from the frame and insertible at the desired points -to engage the end edges of the panes and hold them from endwise movement in one direction. The stops 3 consist preferably of metal pins iiXed into the frame at the points indicated. Where pairs of grooves are employed, as in Figs. 2 and 3, the corresponding or opposite stops of the two grooves may be' united in one piece by a connecting bar 9, this form of stop being shown in Fig. 5.

The panes 7 are arranged to lap each other, as shown, the outer layer being lapped in such direction as to shed the rain downward without leakage. The stops 8 are iiXed in the grooves 6 along what may be termed the inner edges of the grooves, and make a rigid brace for the glass for the action of the holding springs, thereby making the latter more effective in their securing function.

The holding springs are shown at 10, arranged within the groove 6 and at the outer side of the glass panes so that each spring engages by its back or inner face the sharp angle of the edge of the outer pane at the point of lapping. The outer face of the spring is formed at one or both ends with a projection or point or tongue l leXtending outward so as to engage with a biting action the opposing Jface of the sash groove 6. rlhe springs have a strong and permanent resiliency, being made preferably of phosphor bronze. They are or may be normally straight but when applied across the edge of the pane in the groove 6 are bent, as shown. 12 is a bend or projection forming a guard at that end of the spring which lies over the outer pane, which guard engages the side of` IOO the frame piece at the edge of the groovev 6 and preventsy that end of the spring from entering entirely within the groove. The eX,- traction of the spring for the replacement of a pane is thus facilitated. For convenience of manufacture it is preferred to provide for the guard 12 by slitting the spring longitudinally, as indicated at 13. The point 11 may be i'ormed by bending over the whole of the other end of the spring,k as seen in Fig. 7, or by slitting that end as shown at 15, Fig. 6, and bending one portion of the end toward the front of the spring. In the latter case an expansible spring end is provided, one portion of which presses strongly on the glass and the other portion of which presses outward against the groove wall. In applying the spring,v the panes being in place against the stops 8, and lapping each other, th at end of the spring having the pointl 11 is pressed entirely within the groove 6 over the under pane and the other end of the spring is pressed into the groove over the outer pane as far as the guard 12 will permit.

The form of spring shown in Fig. 6 is applicable at either side of a row of panes, while that shown in Fig. 7 is made in rights and lefts, as will be readily understood.

'The back of the spring, when in its operative position in the trame groove, is more or less concave towards the angle of the edge of the pane so as to securely hold the same, in coperation with the stop S, from longitudinal movement in either direction. The pane which is undermost at any lap is there eld by its stopS and, at its other end, by its spring in the manner above described'.

I describe the arrangement of the panes as lapped, over and under each other, so that one end of each pane is underneath and the other end superposed, in a known manner.

lt will be observed that with the construction shown in my former patent No. 7 20 ,318, if it be desired to remove a partlyl broken pane, and` such pane be slipped along the groove away from itsstop shoulder, the pane will slide into the space between the two layers of panes and be more or less inaccessible. ln the present construction, however, the arrangement of the stops 8 is such that the pane, on being slid away from its stops, will be at the exterior of the glazing and entirely accessible.

What is claimed is 1.V In a sash for hot beds and other purposes, the combination of a grooved frame, a series of panes arranged in the grooves of the frame and lapping over each other, stops at the underneath ends of the panes, and springs ttedtightly inthe grooves and engaging the edges of the angles of the superposed ends of thev panes, opposite to the ends engaged by thel said stops, substantially as set forth.

2. ln a sash, the combination of a grooved frame, a series of panes arranged in the Vgrooves of the frame and lapping each other, stops, at the underneath ends of the panes', and springs fitted tightly in the grooves and bent and engaging by their concave backs the superposed ends ot the panes which are op posite to the ends engaged by the said stops, substanti-ally as set forth.

3. ln a sash, the combination of a series of panes, a grooved frame holding the panes in its grooves, the panes being lapped over each other so that each pane is underneath at one end and superposed at its other end, stops at the underneath ends of the panes, and springs fitted in the groovesv and having points which engage the opposing wal-l of the grooves and engaging by their backs the corners of the superposed ends of the panes which are opposite to the ends engaged by the said stops, substantially as set forth.

4. In a sash, the combination of a grooved frame, a series of panes arranged in lthe grooves of the frame and lapping over and under each other, stops at the underneath ends of the panes, and springs fitted tightly in the grooves at the superposed ends of the panes, each spring having an eXpansible spring end engaging the glass at one side and engaging the opposing Wall of the groove at the other side, substantially as set forth.

5. In a sash, the combination of a grooved frame, a series of panes arranged inthe grooves of the frame and lapping over and under each other, stops at the underneath ends of the panes, and springs fitted tightly in the grooves and engaging the superposed ends of the panes, the springs having guards to limit the distance of their insertion into the grooves, substantially as set forth.

6. ln a sash, the combination of a doubly grooved frame, two series of panes arranged in the grooves of the frame and lapping over and under each other, springs fitted tightly in the grooves of the frame and engaging the superposed ends of thepanes, and stops se arate from the frame and inserted into tllie grooves at the underneath ends of the panes, the springs being at the exterior of the space ywhich is left betweenV the two series of panes and the stops being within .such space, substantially as set forth.

7. In a sash, thevcombination ofl a double grooved frame, inner and outer series of panes arranged respectively in the outerset of grooves and in t e inner set of grooves of the frame, the panes of each series being lapped over and under each other, springs iitted tightly in the grooves and engaging the superposedends of the panes, and stops separate fromy the frame and' insertedy inl the grooves at' the underneath ends of the'panes, the stops in one set of grooves being connected with the opposite stops in the, other set of'grooves, substantially asset forth.

8. The herein described spring for' use in sashes with lappedY panes, havingk a= point for engaging the frame, and a guard for limiting the lateral distance of insertion of the spring into the frame, substantially as'set forth.

9. In a sash for hot beds and other purposes, the combination of a frame having grooves for the panes, a series ol' panes arranged in the said grooves and lapping one over another, stops in the grooves at the underneath lapping ends or the panes7 and springs litted tightly in the grooves and engaging and holding the overlapping ends of the panes against movement away from the other panes and also engaging said overlapping panes on their ends against endWise movement away from the said stops, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof l aHiX my signature in presence of two'witnesses.

WILLIAN STEWART BODLEY.

Witnesses:

TEMPLE BODLEY, M. E. HOLLIHAN. 

